Spaghetti with Chinese cabbage and saffron

Total: 20 min. | Active: 20 min.
vegetarian

A simple but slightly different plate of pasta. With Chinese cabbage and sun-dried tomatoes. The sweet Italian cream cheese mascarpone lends the dish a wonderful creaminess, and the saffron adds a special flavour. And best of all: it only takes 20 minutes to prepare.

Nadja - LouMalou

Ingredients

for 4 person

Spaghetti
400 g spaghetti
  salted water, boiling
Sauce
1 tbsp olive oil
300 g Chinese cabbage, cut into thin slices
120 g dried tomatoes in oil, drained, cut into strips
3 tbsp mascarpone
2 tbsp single cream
1 sachet saffron
  salt and pepper to taste
2 tbsp flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped

How it's done

Spaghetti

Cook the spaghetti in salted water until al dente, drain.

Sauce

Heat the oil in the same pan. Add the Chinese cabbage and tomatoes, cook for approx. 3 mins. Stir in the mascarpone, cream and saffron, season. Return the spaghetti to the pan, mix with the sauce and heat. Plate up the spaghetti, sprinkle with parsley.

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